Comments on: New MiG-35 OLS video

By: J.T.

J.T. — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:34:28 +0000

Some people here are so ridiculous. Mig 35 is 4th generation people come on. It is a widely accepted fact from military analysts, if you go to war with the U.S., the U.S. will control the skies. Everyone (at least those with a brain), knows it. Come on, even putting the Iraq war aside, the U.S. spends over 10 times what the Russians do on their armed forces. What do you think we are so inefficient and Russia is so much more so, if anything the opposite would be true. And NJS no other countries have F-22 because U.S. law forbids its export you moron.

By: njs

njs — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:34:47 +0000

firstly every one knows f-22 raptor is truely 5th gen, eventhough the new jsf of us is lesser than capable in terms. now we are taking about mig35 it is truely 4++ only ,not 5th gen. mirage 2000-5,sum30mki,mig35,typoon,f-16 block50/52 are almost equal and has little difference. the major difference between f-22 vs mig35 is Aesa 79 radar & air to air and its long range capables. if mig35 is upgraded to aesa with longrange missiiles surely it could match with f-22. but now no other countries have f-22 except usa because of its price.

By: arturo

arturo — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:19:04 +0000

rusia es lo mejor en aviacion si no porq todo se copia los amburrientos de usa ellos siempre se valen de si mismos y no engañan al mundo como lo hacen los gringos mal nacidos q se averguensan de sus origenes

By: Cavalry Scout

Cavalry Scout — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:48:36 +0000

To continue with my comment, I would like to satte my real point. Money, it makes the world go around. that being said, who can afford to PRODUCE, TRAIN, and SUSTAIN a airforce capable of dealing with Raptors? The Russians? I think not… consider the fact that their pilots use wood and cables cockpits to get their training time due to there being no money to sustain and maintain the planes, fuel them, PAY the pilots, and feed the family. Anyone remember what happened to most of the old Soviet Navy? It’s ships and subs, including nuclear missile subs, are all rusting away or being sold for hard currency. Could a few squadrons of MiG-35’s and SU-30’s be fielded? Surely it can be done. I would even concided that the SU-47 Berkut could be fielded…. in VERY limited numbers…one or 2 squadrons. Combat attrition and worn out crews would take care of those numbers rapidly. Finally, as a suggestion to the old back and forth comparisons between airframes… only war will truelly tell the tale… and if it comes to that… rest assured that there will be no replies to this message due to the nuclear wweapons taking all of us out… there is little doubt in my mind about the capabilities of either US or Russian ICBMs.

By: Cavalry Scout

Cavalry Scout — Wed, 21 May 2008 03:33:07 +0000

Is the Raptor invulnerable? Obviously…as was stated in another comment…no… it is man-made. That being said… on to relity. In a hypothetical conflict, the Raptor will not perform in combat against a comparable airframe. Admittedally, it takes much more than a good plane to win the “fight”. The money poured into training and sustainment of the modern USAF is a very viable threat to any would be aggressor air force. The hardware considerations of the F-22 can’t be ignored either. The new AMRAAM not withstanding, there is the new all aspects AIM-9X ..the latest addition to the proven “SideWinder” family of Infrared guided AAM’s. The Pilots will be datalinked to each other, have highly advanced helmets to allow heads to be out of the cockpit. The supercruise capability will allow for more fuel to be on hand for combat increasing survivability. The datalinking can not be ignoed either… imagine a flight of 30 SU-30’s, and MiG-35’s headed towards a reported flight path of F-22’s, when suddenly they realize that atleast 16 AMRAAMs have been simutaneously volley launched and they are headed straight for them. CHAOS ! and individual training will have to be relied upon.

By: rishov sen

rishov sen — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:56:19 +0000

people firstly i would like to say that a sukhoi30mki can out perform a F-22 raptor in a dogfight thought is is unlikely that a fight between an F-22 and sukhoi 30mki will come to an end is a dogfight(it will mostly end wit the F-22 spoting the sukhoi and taking it out long before the pilot realises wat hit it)but come on a
a mig-29fulcrum wit am blind pilot can take out a F-22 so imagin wat a mig-35 will do to it.but the mig is required to have the following stuff
+highly advanced raders which is capable of actullly stopping the F-22(F-22 has a radar signature of a small bird but newer and more advanced raders anr currently under devalopment jointly by the russian and the indian government)
+long ranged massiles
+a really good pilot(the blind pilot was a joke)

By: damar triadi

damar triadi — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:23:17 +0000

It’s the man, not the machine dude.
Remember the famous “Colonel Tomb” of the NVAF in Vietnam? He flew with a Mig-17 and scored numerous kills against f-4 Phantoms and f-105 Thunderchiefs. Does Mig-17 have radar, BVR missiles, ECM’s?
And remember f-14’s in the hand of Iranians during the “imposed war” that slained over 100 Iraqi warplanes. Despite “Top Gun” training, USN pilots never matched the Iranian’s scores.
Oh ya, f-22? its very cool indeed. But the Yanks should reduce their arrogance over this machine. Stealth is a man-made technology, and history dictates that another counter-technology will be discovered (or probably had).
And one shouldn’t forget the regime that boasted their strength through technology, and ultimately defeated by its numerically superior foes. Remember that regime, the one that was led by the guy with a chaplin-moustach?
Remember Me-163’s, Me-262’s, Tiger Tanks, StG-44 Assault riffles, V-2 ICBMs. And remember who won World War II .

By: Serbian_SPIRIT

Serbian_SPIRIT — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:25:15 +0000

Raptor can do this and raptor can do that bla, bla, bla, (seems like F-14 tomcat, too much talk and no conformation kill). Raptor lovers you forget something about stealth, F22 have to use radar to make lock and radar signature is pretty visible.

By: freddan

freddan — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:07:27 +0000

Well said!
By looking at all recently developed fighters/strikefighters and what they are optimized to do, one can only come to the conclution that the F-22, B-2 and F-35 are developed to attack far from US-borders/airbases. The Eurofighter, Rafale, Gripen and most Migs are airdefence fighters, not airdominace fighters (as in dominate other nations from the air) Though Rafale is leaning more towards strike capability than the Eurofighter. Gripen was originally developed to do airdefence, strike and recce/survailance but do do all this within Swedish airspace and defend Sweden! Not to fly halfway across the globe to rob some underdeveloped nation or tell some them what to do with their own natural resources.

By: Edward

Edward — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:58:37 +0000

We do tend to overlook the different philosophies of military intentions of the US, and the Russian forces. The US optimizes it’s strategies, and hardware to attack other countries. The Russians are more oriented towards self defense. That said, when you combine the new capabilities of their war planes like the MiG 35, and the SU-35 with their enormous air defense infrastructure (powerful ground radars, space based radars, and their optic electronic sensors, advanced SAMS like the S-400, etc), it’s moot to argue about which jet can take the other down in a BVR, or MVR engagement. The truth of the matter is, if the West ever made the stupid mistake of trying to invade Russian air space, it would learn a painful lesson real fast when confronted by such a huge air defense machinery that is poised to create new widows in wholesale quantities! That MiG, or the SU, is just a tip of the iceberg representing a military system that is committed to protecting a proud nation’s sovereignty. Let us pray that reason prevails over aggression. Oh by the way, I am an American and proud of it…but not a hater of any other nationality.